HIST 1112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 29: Hindutva, Tight Spot, Existentialism
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Ww2 was 6 years of fighting in europe and 9 years in asia. Loss of life was 50 million plus individuals this includes combatants, civilians and consequential deaths. Final days of the war ushered in the nuclear age. For 45 years, the two powers (us and russia) locked in a prolonged struggle to determine which approach would eventually prevail in the world. Yalta conference the goal of conference was to shape a post-war peace that represented not just a collective security order but a plan to give self-determination to the liberated peoples of post-nazi europe. The meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn europe. Within a few years, with the cold war dividing the continent, yalta became a subject of intense controversy. participants were the soviet union, the united kingdom and the united states. The three powers were represented by communist party general secretary joseph stalin, prime ministers.
